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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1887-06-22
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The Opelousas courier., 1887-02-12
value Of odorfIerous Timber.

The aroma of rcd cedar is fatal. to
house moths; the aroma of black walnut
leaves is fatal to fleas. It is a matter of
common observation ~thatpersons engaged
in the business of making shingles from
odoriferous cypress timber in malarial
districts are rarely, If ever, affected BY
malariai diseases, and that persons en-
gagged in distilling turpentine do not
suffer from either malarial diseases or
consumption. It is said that when
cholera was epidemic IN Memphis, Tenn,
persons working in livery stables were
entirely exempt from il. It is affirmed
that since the destruction of the Glove
trees on the island of Ternate the colony
has suffered from spidemics unknown
before; and in times when cholera has
prevailed il London and Paris, those
employed il the pesfumery factories
have escaped its ravages.- Cultieator.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-02-12
4 $4,000 Chair.

Probably the most valuable cane in
Chicago is owned by DIR. W. H. Hale, a
scotchman, who left Edinburg five years
ago, and has since travelled q hundred
thousand miles, the cane going with
him. The head of this wondrous cane
contains over three pounds of 1s-karat
gold, and is mounted with sixty-fve
diamonds. The gold snake which en-
twines the upper part of the cane has
ruby eyes. In the top of the head is Sc
cured 9 gold chronometer balance watch
the cover of which contains a gold mon.
ogram of its owner, studded with twen-
ty-four diamonds. DIR. Hale says the
cost Of the a N was $500. He is natu-
rally very proud of it, and never tires
showing it to callers. = Chicago Herald.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-02-12
Presidents on HOrsebnc6

A Washington correspondent says:
don't think the President would look
very well on horseback. He is too fat
and heavy to sit a horse well. Presi-
dent Arthur, during the latter part of
his term, took horseback rides almost
daily, and the Presidents of the past
have nearly all been fond of equestrian
exercise. George Washington once
logged a stable boy because he did not
rub his horse down when he brought
him in wet with the exercise of a hard
gallop. Jefferson was fond of horses,
and he rode on a saddle to his inaugu-
ration. John Quincy Adams was re-
siding near here when jackson was in
augurated, and he used to walk out to
the race course near Washington to see
the running. A tip which a man once
gave Andrew Jackson on the race
course saved that mans life when An
drew Jackson became President, and
harrison pranced up to his Inauguration
at the Capitol on q milk white steed,
because he thought in this he was imi-
tating the Roman Emperors as they rode
along the Appian way. John Tyler had
good horses, though he did ridc in a Sec
ond-hand carriage, and Zach Taylor
looked his best when he was on horse
back. Frank Pierce used to galIop
about Washington at Midnight on a
spirited steed which was totally blind,
and James Buchanan had a set of har.
ness which cost him $500. Lincoln
liked horses, and he rode them, wearing
at the time a tall silk hat, and no one
thinks of Grant without associating him
with his horses.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-02-12
PFARLS OF

He who pumps longest gets the most
water.
A man to be happy must be friends
with himself.
Things are ours that we may use them
for all sometimes that we may sacrifice
them.
The secret of happiness is to find the
fair side of every event and fit it to
every occasion.
He that walketh with wise mon shall
be wise, but the companion OF fools
shall be destroyed.
Be brief, for it is with words as with
sunbcams, the more they are condensed
the deeper they burn.
A man sometimes gives himself credit
for following his conscience when he IS
simply prejudiced AID wilful.
Take care as to your associates. Not
only will YOU be known by the company
you keep, but you will o o become like
it.
To think kindly of each other is good,
to speak kindly of each other is better,
but to act kindly towards another is
best of all.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-02-12
"A CHASTITY

A southsidc physician has capped the
climax Of suggestions. He is something
of an artist in modelling in clay, and af-
erhe got his office supplied with natu-
raj gas he made a cast of a skull. The
thingis horribly natural, even to the SUI
lures across the skull, and one front
tooth knocked out. This is set up in
the CRATE in such a way that the blush
crimson flames of the turning gas steal
through the eyes and nostriIs and flicker
playfully around the CHASTITY jaws. Lit
tie jets of flame fash through between
the sunken jaws and tighten up the bony
countenance, heated to a white-red heat
in a manner horribly suggestive Of other
fires, which are said to burn, bat not
oonsume.-Ptts6N1y Dispatch.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-02-12
IN "Odd Ffsh,5 Oaat of Wnter.

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A story was told the other day in
Washington about Jim Green of Missou-
ri, a character" of the anti bellum DAYS.
Green always made a point of the fact
that, so far as he knew, he had never
been to church in his life. He had been
TO camp meeting once, he said, but he
did not remember that very we'll, and he
really had no idea what a church service
was like. Some of his colleagues in the
Senate labored with him to get him to 90
to church just to hear what he would saw
about it when he got back. It took three
Or four weeks of persuasion, but finally
Green went to church. When he got
back to luncheon at his hotel a large cir
Gle of friends sat solernnly awaiting his
report. "What church did you go to?o
was the first question asked. 81 don't
anow, Pm sure" replied Green; sit was
a brown church up on Third street,
They gathered from this that he had at
tended old Trinity Episcopal. "Well,
what did you think of it," they contin-
1cd. 30, I'm not a good judge of
churches, said Green; ''haven't I told
'-ou that | never was in a church before
IN my life? / don't know anything about
them" 20, WELL" they persisted, "what
did YOU think of this one anru,o,p,,
'FWell," said he, eff you must have it, /
thought there wa too much reading of
the journal and too little general debate,
Troy Times.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-02-12
Wtmdo,v Glass Novettm,

A correspondent of tn Bangor Com
asercias recently saw in an old fashioned
farmhouse in Troy, Me-, the first glass
window ever brought into that town.
The occupant of the farm house hauled
to Bangor with his steers a load of hand
made slaves, and Of furs he had caught
n his traps, and bartered them for d
glass window. Il was careful how /
handled It, says the old gentleman. He
intended to buy seed corn with his pelts
and slaves, but his wife wanted d win
dow, and he bought one to please her
e was 9 great curiosity in the town.
slzsy year asistae If 4 Journal.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-02-12
Americans Who catch TITLES.

1t has become proverbial for American
girls to marry titled foreigners, but it is
very rare that On American young man
wins the heart and hand of a titled
European. It was indeed accomplished
in the case of Mr.. Ashmead Bartlett. but
then Lady Burdett-Coutts was SO old
and the groom so young that the con-
tracing parties could not be held re-
sponsible for their acts. But the recent
marriage of Mr.. Harold w. Pearsall
with the daughter Of the Marquis Origo.
King Hulnbert's master of the horse.
presents a good example of a noble
family of the old world allying itself
with republican stock in the new. MIR.
Pearsalps stepfather is Count REESE, who
resides in a charming villa in the beau.
tiful environs of Florence. His mother.
Countess r 'sse, is the daughter of Mrs.
Elizabeth B. Phelps of New York, d
lady of a large wealth and still larger
views on all questions pertaining to
social progress. In. Y. Star.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-02-12
The Mistakes or III

Somebody has condensed the mistakes
Fl life, and arrived at the conclusion
hat there are fourteen of them. Most
people would say, if they told the truth,
here was no limit To the mistakes or
life; that they were like the drops in the
pcssn, on the sani Of the shore in mum
bers bit IL Il we'll to b. accurate. Here
hen, are fourteen great mistakes: 1t is
] great mistake to set up our own STAN
lard Of right and wrong, and judge
coole accordingly to measure the en-
ognent Of others BY our own; 10 ex.
pect uniformity Of opinion III this world
lock for judgment and experience III
youth 10 endeavor t. mold all dispOsi-
items alike not ID yield To immateria
trifles; p look for perfection III our own
lctlonss to worry ourselves and others
With what cannot bs rsmadisd, and mol
u alleviate M that needs alleyiation Is
fas A. liss hi 3 i power; not To make Ill
lowaae fpl he inrsaaties of others: ID
consider everything impossible shas wa
qsnaot peffoEn ID believe anly what
oAg sb minds ean gEssp; III exnee 81
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The Opelousas courier., 1887-02-12

An important agricultural improve
d ut is announced by the London Times
n the introduction of a new sort of
potato. The origin of the disastrous
potato rot is said to lie in the inability
If the potato from the Andes, which grows
naturally in a climate where rain is
almost unknown, to adapt itself to the
vet soils of our levels. 1t was believed
hat If the potato could be propagated
from q species indigenous in a marshy
loil the evil might be remedied, and the
experiment. might be made Of raising
potatoes from a species found by OAR
win growing wild in the Chonos Archi-
oelago in swamps. Whether the theory
will now stand the test of practical ex-
perience oil course still remains to be
proved, but if it will, the advantage is
,ns Of ny decided Importance.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-02-12
Gems OP Consolation.

The memory of a kindly word
In days gone by,
The fragrance Of a faded flower
Sent lovingly,
The cleaning of q sudden smile
Or sudden tear,
The warmer pressure of the hand,
The tone Of cheer.
The hush that means, II cannot speak,
But Ihave heardi"
The message of a single verse
From Gods own Word;
Such tiny things we hardly CUNT
As. ministry;
The givers deeming they have shown
Scant sympathy;
But when the heart is overweight,
Oh, who can tell
The power of all such tiny things
To make it well?
The Opelousas courier., 1887-02-12
SCRAPS

The most popular telescopes no" II
use magnify 1000 times. AS the moon
| is $40, 900 miles from the earth, it is thus
practically brought to within 1870 miles,
| at which distance the snowy peaks OF
| several lunar mountains are distinctly
| visible to the naked eye.
The .bird SPIDER of tropical America
has a body 4 1-2 inches long, The circle
| of the tips of the legs has a diameter of
| seven inches. 1t is so nauled because it
| builds its nest to capture small birds,
lizards and reptiles. The nests usually
contain 1900 to 1000 eggs. There are
about 100 species of this formidable crea-
ture.
Dyspepsia, palpitation Of the heart
and nervousness are among the disorders
attributed to the use of strong tea in ex-
cess, but the most remarkable effect
seems to have been observed in the case
of a young girl reported by an English
medical authority to have had attacks
exactly resembling dellrium tremens as a
result of a habit of chewing tea leaves.
Vast arid and almost rainless tracts in
Australia, according to Mr.. Joseph
Bosisto to Victoria, are thickly covered
with a dwarf Eucalyptus, barely eight
feet high. The stem of this shrub con-
tains half a pint of water, which BUSH
men quickly obtain, yet inexperienced
travellers in these regions often die of
thirst.
A curious application has recently
been made of electricity to condense
dusts and fumes. If air filed with
smoke is charged with electricity, the
smoke at once flies to the sides of the
containing vessel in a way that appears
almost magical. In the same way,
electricity will cause fine dusts, which
are often very difficult to Fremove from
the air, to condense, Or coagulate so as
to be easily removable.
A new work by DR.. Louis Jobert
states that no purely ~left-handed race
has ever BEEN discovered, although 70
per cent. of the inhabitants of the Pend
jab use the left hand by preference, as
do also the larger part of the Hottentots
and Bushmen of South Africa. In a
study of criminals, DR.. Mario has found
that from fourteen to twenty-five per
cent of ~convicts were ~left-handed, the
highest ratio among people of all classes
being only nine in the hundred.
BY means of a sensitive thermopile and !
a perforated disc of cardboard, Prof.
Storer, a German physicist, has proven
chat extraluminous patches on the solar
disc are more intensely heated than the
rest, and that the dark spots are cooler
than the average surfaces The hottest
regions must develop ascending gas cur
rents, to which deseents of cooler gas
must necessarily correspond.
These descending gases must generate
The dark spots, and the ascending pro-
luce the prominences which are OBJ
served to shoot up to enormous heights.
This theory is confirmed by the fact that
'un-spots always form on extra right
parts of the sun.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-02-12


It is reported that Armour & Co. of
Chicago, the largest manufacturers Of
bogus butter, have sent out their agents
TO various city markets, and by paying
the tax for tho retail dealers in olco-
margarine have secured iron-clad con.
tracts from the small dealers that they
will buy only from Armour & Go. This
is similar to the system in England,
where great brewers pay the taxes of
public houses and saloons, on condition
that they purchase their ale and beer
only from those paying the tax. The
oleomargarine men fight hard to preserve
their Industry"
The Opelousas courier., 1887-02-12
LeaaI Lore.

Kosciusko Murphy recently passed his
examination, and is now a member of the
Austin bar. His strong card Is in getting
the truth out Of witnesses. The fellow
ing is 9 sample Of his system of cross
examination.
Are you d married manan
NC, sir; ! am q bachelor
VIII you please tell this court and
jury howlong you have been i bachelor,
and what were the circumstances TINT
induced yoH e become sas
The Opelousas courier., 1887-02-12
"A Great Poultry Farm.

There is o poultry farm of 5000 Ply
mouth Rocks, at Lancaster, Mass. Mr..
Hawkins, its owner, calculates to have
lbout 5000 fowls every fall, and carries
over $500 laying hens through the winter.
His farm contains twenty-five acres, and
Ills poultry buildings an acre and a half.
These comprise six or seven sheds, 200
leet in length. d Each shed is divided
nto apartments Of 12xsO feet, and about
twenty-five hens are kept in each divi-
lion. A yard Is made in frons of each
apartment.
Mr. Hawkkns believes that if confined
poultry bye their wants attended to
hey VII % as well as If allowed free
an We bases this belief on several
[tests. In Matching time he sets
hundred hens in one day, and puts
We hundred eggs In an incubator, which
S due to hatch on the same day, the
dickens from which will be distributed
.mong two hundred hens. His sales of
owls and eggs for Matching at fancy
prices are large, about ninety per cent.
being profit. He also has standing
srder for sixty to ninety dozeA Of eggs
iaily, FOR which he gets the highest mar
sct price. Mr.. Hawkins began at the
agc of t~wenty-ono with one hundred
hens, and " careful management and
economy his business has enlarged SO
hat at the age Of tswnty-efght he has a
fcry handsome income. The poultry
nanurc IS quite an item. Ie sold last
rear ave hundred barrels at $50 per
5arreL-Earm and Isresids.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-02-12
Weiahed In the Scales.

Too bad about Blifkins. wasn't it,
whats up?"
"oh, ! always considered him a pref.
y deeentaasort Of q fellow, in his way.
But that sort of thing is over now. He
was tried in the scales the other night
and found wanting.
You don't say. How on earth did it
happen9'
Candidate for a salaried position in a
church CHOIR and couldn't get up to
high g, you known-Detroit Nercury.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-02-12

An interesting and instructive review
of the Southern iron trade is given in the
New York Tribune by its correspondent
Of other days, Mr.. z. L. White, late Of
the Providence Star. Millions of CAPT.
tai have gone into the business, and mil
lions more are going into it every year.
Eighteen new furnaces are building in
the region now, nine of which are in
Birmingham.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-02-12

The late King Alfonso of Spain is not
set officially buried, although he has
just been dead a year. According to
rigid Spanish etiquette royal ~personages
must become ''mummifcd" before being
finally laid to rest, and 50 their collins
are placed in a special chamber in the
rock, where water falls constantly upon
The corpse until it Is complcte!y pctriied.
So the body of the late king is still un-
derooing the process.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-02-12
An Indian,s Glass Eue.

A tall, lean Indian who passed through
Chicago some time ago on his way back
to the reservation from a visit to Wash
ington, attracted a great deal of atten-
ton by his wierd and unearthly appear.
ance. He was q swarthy fellow, with
black hair and q large black eye, but the
other eye was glass, a bright blue, and
gazed into vacancy with a wild, cerulean
stare that was strange to behold. The
Indian seemed proud of his dissimilar
eyes, and he was looked up to with
great respect and awe by the other saw
ages with him. His experience was ex-
planned by an army officer who was il
town last week. He also has only one
good eye, but the artificial organ looks
natural and healthy. One day at the
war office he took out the game eye,
after the manner of men who own them,
and, wiping it off, slipped it back care
|: ssly into the socket. The Indian saw
the performance, and was much struck
by it. He asked the officer If he could
see with the glass eye, and the off -er
facetiously told him he could. "Gimme
one" said the Indian, and the army
man went into his trunk, where he kept
a supply, and produced one. The
Indian jammed it into the place where
his natural eye used to be, and then
stalked away like an apparition from the
lower regions. He never thought of
taking the eye out once he had it in, and
he stoutly maintained hat he could see
with it as well as with the other
The Opelousas courier., 1887-02-12

The ca~rrier-pigeon service in Paris is
now most carefully organized, and the
latest census shows that there are 2, 500
trained birds, which can take dispatches
in and out of the capital in the toughest
weather. Some are taught to go to the
neighboring forts and towns, others to
distant parts Of the provinces.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-02-12

A recent project among astronomers is
beginning to take definite shape. The
French Academy of Science proposes
holding an international conference in
Paris next Spring to arrange for the
preparation Of a Photographic map of
the entire heavens, this great work to
be simultaneously carried forward by ten
or twelve observatories scattered over the
whole globe.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-02-12

Times have changed since the day
when Sidney Smith asked who read an
American book. Now the London Gloh
speaks Of English and American liter.
ary c~lassics.n
The Opelousas courier., 1887-02-12
II Ssaau PrGcstce.

How are collections, doctorap he
asked q . young physician.
Slow
Whats tho troublea-money tightg
Ne the trouble 4. nobody ewes nc
apylhiag
The Opelousas courier., 1887-02-12

Young mother: Now just look at
the young darling, isn't he an angola
Grusty bachelor brother, mo; bus |
The Opelousas courier., 1887-02-12
ST. r

LA.
The course of instruction in this Institution embraces
English. French. Latin, Greek, Arithmetic. Algebra,
Geometry, Bookkeeping, Natural Sciences, History,
Geography, Penmanship, and great care is bestowed
on Christian Instruction.
TERMs:-Board ami tuition par month $l5; Day
Scholars per month 80, So or 81, according to class.
Glasses are resumed on Wednesday. Septemher 18th.
1886. REV. 6. RAYMOND, L. D.,
Rev. F.. j. MON
HENRY q. LEWIS.
Aug. %. 1885. A. BLANC DUQUEsEAY.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-02-12
p. s. CUM MINcs, Manager.
Aug, 29t
0PELOUSAS female INSTITUTE

0PEl0USkS FEMALE akSTlTUTE.
Opetousas 81. Landry Parish, LG.
YNyHIS Institution will resume duties Monday, Sep
tember 9th, 1886, under the immediate super vision
of Mrs. NJ. M. Hayes and Mrs. NJ. A. Davis, with
com petent assistants. The scholastic year consists Of
forty weeks.
TERMS OF TUITION:
Preparatory Department. per month.
Academic ........... SO
Boarding. including washing. light and fu ell. e. Is 90
Embroidery. wax flowers, painting, drawi ng,
eacn. --..,'ls'W
" DIsCIPLINE:
The government of this school is strict but parental;
student must comply with the rules, and must prepare
up to the measure of her ability, the lessons assigned.
Our course of study and mods of instruction are TO-
train the mind to habits of correct thinking and thor.
ough ingesti CATION. No student win be allowed to en-
ter higher classes without thorough preparation. Pa
rents and guardians may rest assured that the manners,
his alth and morals of the children and wards shall re-
ceive due attention. 81
No deduction for Absence, unless in case of protract.
ed illness. The location of the town is heaIthful and
easy of access. The boarding department is under the
immediate charge of Mrs. Hayes. Boarders will pro.
vide themselves with blankets and towels. For par
ticulars address
IRIS NJ. NJ. HAYES,
july 2S'33nov 27'T9. Principal.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1887-10-22
A Sailors Compliment.

A compliment, true and genuine, was paid by sailor who was sent by his cap tain to carry letter to the lady of his love. The sailor, having delivered his message, stood gazing in silent admira- tion upon the Lady, for she was very beautiful
 ''Well, my good man," she said, "for what do you wait7 There is no answer to be returned"
 "Lady," replied the sailor with humble deference, ''if you please, would like to know your name"
 ''Did you not see it on the letter."
 Pardon, lady-I never learned to read. Mine has been hard, rough life.''
 ''And for what reason, my good man, would you know my name7"
 Because" answered the old tar, look ing up honestly, ''in storm at sea, with danger afore me, would like to call the name of the brightest thing I'd ever seen in my life. There'd be sunshine in it even in the darkness. Chicago Tribune.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1887-10-22
what . Woman Can po.

There is no doubt that woman can, if she will, qualify herself to do anything that man can do; for no ''physiologist will question the possibility of develop ing by appropriate stimuli, exercise and food, any particular part or parts of an organism in such manner as to make it respond to the demand of it's environ ment;" and it must, therefore, be theo- retically possible that the woman shall be developed in respect to any one or more of her organic potentialities to a level with the male. But she must do so al the expense of some other power, and this is usually at the sacrifice of some function that makes her valuable as a woman. The real question in the matter is whether it is worth while to pay SC great price for the privilege. Lancet